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Eight-foot gold statue with twisting horns and tentacles paying homage to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's fight for abortion right


They moved it to Houston as few months later. I remember seeing the original photo (bottom) of it in a park.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11680847/Gold-statue-horns-tentacles-paying-homage-Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg-gets-trolled-online.html

The eight-foot sculpture, named 'NOW,' stands on the courthouse of the Appellate Division building in the Flatiron District, alongside statues of famed lawmakers like Moses, Confucius and Zoroaster.

Unlike the other statues, however, it bears little resemblance to its inspiration. Ginsburg served on the Supreme Court championing women's rights before her death in 2020. The sculpture's hair is like a ram's horns and its arms have been replaced with protruding tentacles.

Pakistani-American Artist Shahzia Sikander, 53, told The New York Times the statue was meant to symbolize 'a fierce woman and a form of resistance in a space that has historically been dominated by patriarchal representation.'

Many on social media, however, condemned the design, calling it a 'satanic' eyesore that resembles 'Medusa' as it stands on the historic rooftop.

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